real example · dense desktop app

Slack — a window with 1,432 nodes.

A full snapshot of Slack's main window is a wall of text. Skeleton mode (depth 3) returns the same actionable refs at ~3% of the token cost. Same approach works for VS Code, Figma, Notion, Excel — anything with an accessibility tree.

full tree 1,432nodes ~28,000 tokens
skeleton · depth 3 41nodes ~900 tokens
savings 97% same refs · same actions
$ agent-desktop snapshot --skeleton --app Slack snapshot k3p9w2x4 
▾ Window "Slack | #engineering"
  ▾ Toolbar
    · Button "Workspace switcher"                        @e1
    · SearchField "Search Acme"                          @e3
  ▾ Group "sidebar"                                          children_count: 247
      [+247 more · drill @e5]
  ▾ Group "active channel"                                  @e9
    ▾ Group "messages"                                    children_count: 1,043 · virtualized
    ▾ Group "compose"
      · TextField "Message #engineering"                @e12
      · Button "Send"                                       @e15
  ▾ Group "thread pane"                                     children_count: 89
  · StatusBar "connected"
Then act: agent-desktop type @e12 "ship it" → agent-desktop click @e15. native AX · no cursor · no screenshot